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Traditionally regarded as the first western philosopher and mathematician, thales of miletus a greek colony on the west coast of present day turkey lived c. The wisdom of history was conceived in my conviction that if america and its leaders are to meet that challenge, then we must learn and apply the lessons of history. He is remembered primarily for his cosmology based on water as the essence of all matter, with earth a flat disk floating on a vast sea. The ancient greek philosopher thales was born in miletus in greek ionia. Slowly it dawns on you that the story has already started and that you have become part of it to the extent you feel you are there experiencing everything that is written about. The bust shown above is in the capitoline museum in rome, but is not contemporary with thales. Jerome in palestine that pelagius was propagating a dangerous heresy there, and jerome acted to prevent its spread in the east.
Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 172, section 1. A history of loneliness begins with a whimper and you wonder when all the action is going to start. Thales of miletus about 624 bc about 547 bc mactutor history. Go tell it on the mountain is considered to be james baldwins greatest novel. Click download or read online button to get flame of miletus book now. Thales wrote no book, except possibly one called nautical starguide,and even the authorship of this was disputed in ancient times.
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